Wednesday, 25 January 2012

Macam-macam bentuk teks dalam Bahasa Inggris

PROCEDURE

Social function Procedure: To help us do a task or make something. They can be a set of instructions or directions.Text organization:
1. Goals ( the final purpose of doing the instruction)
2. Materials ( ingredients, utensils, equipment to do the instructions)
3. Steps ( a set of instruction to achieve the final purpose)Language features :

Use of imperative ( Cut…….., Don’t mix……..)

Use of action verbs (turn, put)

Use of connectives(first, then, finally)

RECOUNT

Social function recount: To tell the readers what happened in the past through a sequence of events.Generic Structure of Recount:

Orientation ( who were involved, when and where was it happened)

Events ( tell what happened in a chronological order)

Re-orientation ( optional – closure of events)

Language features Recount:

Use of pronouns and nouns ( David, he, she)

Use of action verbs in past (went, studied)

Use of past tense ( We went for a trip to the zoo)

Use of adverbial phrases

Use of adjectives

NARRATIVE

Social function narrative: To amuse or
entertain the readers with actual or imaginary experience in different
ways. Narrative always deals with some problems which lead to the
climax and then turn into a solution to the problem. Generic Structure Narrative:

Orientation ( who was involved, when and where was it happened)

Complication ( a problem arises and followed by other problems)

Resolution ( provide solution to the problem)

Language features Narrative:

Use of noun phrases ( a beautiful princess, a huge temple)

Use of adverbial phrases of time and place ( in the garden, two days ago)

Use of simple past tense ( He walked away from the village)

Use of action verbs ( walked, slept)

Use of adjectives phrases ( long black hair)

DESCRIPTION

Social Function descriptive: To describe a particular person, place or thing. Generic Structure descriptive:

Identification (identify phenomenon to be described)

Description (describe parts, qualities, characteristics)

Language features descriptive:

Focus on specific participants

Use of attributive and identifying processes

Frequent use classifiers in nominal groups.

Use of the Simple Present Tense

NEWS ITEM

Social function news item: To inform readers or listeners about events of the day which are considered newsworthy or important. Generic structure news item: